snorkie635

Every day is a school day. I'd never heard of that before. Ta muchly

Thank you for this one. Will give it a go - elbow grease, I'm afraid. ☹️

Interesting ... ...

You are, of course, correct. It's my OCD KICKING IN. 😁

Fair comment. 👍

Thanks for this one

My bass-playing son uses a plectrum (I don't). He 'borrows' my basses occasionally and black scratchplates, especially, can appear a bit worse for wear when the bass comes back. Just wondered if there's a miracle cure out there? Thanks folks. Snork

Very best of luck. These things are soooooo frustrating!

Take the ball-end of your thumb and with the bass tuned to pitch, press hard on the E string just the fretboard side of the saddle. Tune the E to pitch again. Sometimes an E string needs to have that slight 'kink' in it to sound properly. Hope this helps you.

I've seen a bass with something similar from Mighty Mite? could be waaaaaaay off though.🤔

Cheers Alex. Sounds like a plan. Enjoy, whichever way suits you.

This one. (Not the SF Yamaha 1000) Been gigging this Ripper for 47 years.

Yes. It defies any logic. Maybe one day, at least one may 'surface'

Note that you can switch strings to whichever order suits your personal playing style. (Need to swap tuners around in most cases). Depends on which string -root/octave - you want to strike first. I never have noticeable tuning issues with one saddle per pair of strings, it all adds to the overall 'jangle'.

Never seen a flatwound set, although that doesn't mean they don't exist. I use round-wound Rotos for maximum 'twang' on my Ric. Good luck

Yes, the first 'cheappie' basses are the one's you can never replace. I think they simply vanish into bass Valhalla at some point, gaining legendary status.

Forgot to mention it was standard Fender scale length. Sorry.

Hello Lefty, it looks a little bit like an Urge but under the hood, it had an 'ordinary' Fender 2 band system if I remember correctly and the pickups were specially wound for this model only. The neck was stunning bird's eye and the photo doesn't do the quilt justice. This model sort of flew under the radar a bit. I have never seen anything from Fender other than one magazine advert which ran at the time it was made. It was asplso fitted behind the headstock with a 'Fathead' sustain plate. My screen is now covered in tears. 😂

I wonder if The Sea Pinks are still gigging. If so, you have a chance of re-connecting with your bass. 👍